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Graduate Faculty Advsg Status College of Graduate Studies

Associate Professor of Molecular Virology and Cancer Biology

Bio

My research studies are concerned with the understanding of how certain human papillomaviruses (HPVs) induce uterine cervical cancer, a major cause of women mortality worldwide. There are now known to be a number of other cancers associated with these viruses, such as head and neck tumors and various skin cancers.

Area of Expertise/Research Interests

Human papillomaviruses and cervical cancer.

Activation of p53 therapeutic pathways within pre-cancerous and cancer cells.

Cleveland Virology Group & Case Western Reserve University March 1, 2006. A Plant lignans and metabolic derivatives that reactivate p53: their potential use as anti viral and anti tumor therapeutic agents.